Meat raffles are a tradition in a few pockets of the US featured mainly at neighbourhood bars or at American Legion or VFW posts in Minnesota, Wisconsin and New York state. Players enter for a chance to win a pack of ground beef, hot dogs, chicken breasts or steaks. The profits go to charity, but […]
Explore MoreIn February, the Department of Homeland Security purchased an empty warehouse for more than $128m in Social Circle, Georgia that it could turn into a detention centre. The planned centre would house 10,000 people and triple the population of Social Circle. Residents, including some who support President Donald Trump’s mass deportation policy, have rejected the […]
Explore MoreInvestigators say Justin Fairfax shot his wife, Cerina, multiple times before turning the gun on himself.source
Explore MoreWhat are the top issues US conservatives care most about right now? The BBC asked President Donald Trump’s supporters about Iran, the economy, immigration and the future of the Republican Party at the largest conservative gathering in the country. The Conservative Political Action Conference took place in Texas in March. Video by Meiying Wu source
Explore MoreThe judge allows the underground bunker portion of the project to proceed, while the US president says the ballroom “is needed now”.source
Explore MoreEven if the resolution had passed the House, it would face an uphill battle in the Senate, where a similar resolution was rejected yesterday in a largely party-line 47-52 vote. And if it managed to pass both houses, it would not survive a veto from Trump. source
Explore MoreThe CDC had gone months without a permanent director after the last leader was ousted.source
Explore MoreThe Canadian army has completed a 3,320-mile (5,200-km) two-month long Arctic patrol in northern Manitoba travelling through extreme conditions in what officials say was the largest mission in the history of the Canadian Rangers. The force crossed ice-covered terrain by snowmobile, camped in temperatures as low as -60C and followed a route not attempted in […]
Explore MoreThom Tillis, an influential Republican senator on the committee which oversees nominations for the Federal Reserve chair, has threatened to block Warsh’s confirmation. If Warsh is not confirmed before Powell’s term expires, he plans to stay on temporarily in the post. source
Explore MoreLeading conservative Catholics tell the BBC why they back the American pontiff in his spat with Trump.source
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